Glove



R. MIZUNO.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.H,I920.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

INVE/VTOR;

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES RIHACHI MIZUNO. 0F KITA KU, OSAKA, JAPAN.

GLOVE.

Application filed August 11, 1920. Serial No. 402,768.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIHACHI MIzUNo, subjeot of the Emperor of Japan, residing at No. 5 Dojima Funadaiku Machi, Kita Kn, Osaka, Japan, have invented new and useful Improvements ina Glove, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the glove such as is used in the game of baseball and is characterized by making the same with one piece to form the inside thereof, and five pieces to cover the outside of five digits, thereby dispensing with the seam around the base of the thumb as in the glove as hitherto made. The object of my invention is to obtain a glove which is convenient and efiicient in use, durable and can be easily mended when any part gets damaged.

The accompanying drawings show a glove of my invention in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the inside;

Fig. 2, a perspect-iveview of the outside;

Fig. 3, a plan view of the palm piece, showing the shape thereof;

Fig. 1, an inside plan view of the piece which covers the outside of the thumb;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of part of a modified form of my glove; and

Fig. 6, a plan view showing the inside of the piece which is to cover the outside of the thumb.

The same reference numbers designate the same or corresponding parts throughout all the figures.

The glove of my invention consists of a palm piece which forms the inside, out with five digits (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) all in shape as shown in Fig. 3; a piece (6) of Fig. 1, which forms the outside covering of the thumb, and pieces (7),(8), (9) and (10), the outside coverings of the other four digits. These pieces are made of leather or the like material and sewed together, the hem on the back and the means of fastening the glove to the hand being formed in any manner as hitherto known.

To unite these pieces together, the piece (6) is first joined to the palm piece, by sewing them together all around, parts (11), (12) and (13) of the piece (6) falling correspondingly on the parts (14), (15) and (16) of the palm piece, and the seam being as shown in the drawing at (21). The piece (10) which covers the outside of the small finger extends the whole length of the glove, and is united with the palm piece being stitched.

alongthe line (22), beginning at (19) to the tip (18) of the finger and then downward to its base (17). The outer coverings (7), (8) and (9) for the other fingers are respectively united with (2), (3) and 1) of the palm piece on both sides of the fingers down to their bases, and after that they are connected with one another as at (20) of Fig. 2. The pieces forming the outer coverings of thumb and fingers are much broader than the corresponding parts of the palm piece, as they form not only the back coverings but also fourchettes or sides of the thumb and fingers.

The glove as hitherto made has no seam such as (22), but the palm piece extends around the outer edge of the hand and thus forms a sheath for the small finger. The sheath for the thumb is made separate and is united to the glove at the place shown in the figures by a dotted line (c) (d). The sheath for the other three fingers are formed in the same manner as in my glove. Now, that part (0) of the palm where there is a seam in the glove as hitherto made, is a place where the ball is more generally caught, and the stiff seam transmits the shock to the hand more keenly. Moreover, such stiff seam more or less interferes with the freedom of movement of the fingers, and also is more liable to damage. By doing away with such seam, therefore, these drawbacks have been all removed. Moreover, I have made the palm piece entirely separate, and in this way not only can it be made in a shape which fits the hand and which is most convenient in playing the game, but the palm, which is more easily damaged than other parts, can be replaced with a new piece when it gets damaged. Moreover, material can be greatly economized by making gloves according to my invention.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, a piece (6') which corresponds to the piece (6) above described, is stitched along a line (23). This seam may seem in appearance to resemble the seam ((Z) of the glove as hitherto made. But while in the latter the seam is produced in connecting the piece forming a sheath for the thumb with the piece forming the palm, in the former an incision (24) is made in the piece (6) and the parts divided by the incision are joined together; and as the incision is broader at the base and gradually narrows and terminates near the opposite edge as shown in Fig. 6, when these dii vided parts are joined together the piece (6) is not flat but will present a curved surface.

The glove thus made will therefore better fit the hand and the movement of the thumb "111 be 1I101'6'fI8G.- The reference. numbers responding to the five digits, a piece sewed on the palm piece on the thumb edge thereof and formingtogether with the palm piece a sheath for the thumb, apiece sewed on the palm piece along the Whole length thereof.

on the small finger edge'and forming to 'getherwiththe' palm piece a sheath for the small finger, and three other pieces forming sheaths for the remaining three fingers, the sand piece for covering the outside of the thumb having an incision therein of considerable Width at the ed 'e of said piece but gradually narrowing towards the inner end of the incision, andthe parts divided bysuch incision being joined together by stitching.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

zRIHA-C I MIZUNO, 

